Lindsay Ferlito, Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist with Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Betsy Hicks, Dairy Management Specialist with the CCE SCNY Dairy and Field Crops Team, are joined by Dr. Julia Herman, the Beef Cattle Specialist Veterinarian with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). They discuss making culling decisions on dairy farms, what issues packing facilities are seeing with dairy cull animals, and collaborations between the beef and dairy industries that will help the whole cattle industry improve.

For more information, click these links:

Beef Quality Assurance program

https://www.bqa.org/

Right Way Right Time - A Guide to Cull Dairy Cattle Management

https://nationaldairyfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Right-Way-Right-Time.pdf

National Cattlemen's Beef Association

https://www.ncba.org/

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Join us in this episode with Allison Wilton from NMPF. Allison Wilton is a Market Analyst with NMPF’s Economics Team. In her role, she helps oversee the NMPF Exports & Trade program and provides economic analysis of domestic and global dairy production and trade.

We discuss the current panorama of dairy as industry and in NY. We also talk about farm strategies to take advantage of the current market situation.

Visit NMPF website for more information, news, and updates regarding the effects of the government shutdown in Dairy Risk Management programs.

https://www.nmpf.org/

Betsy Hicks, Dairy Management Specialist with the CCE SCNY Dairy and Field Crops Team, and Lindsay Ferlito, Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist with Cornell PRO-DAIRY, are joined by Britney Funccius, Field Rep with Dairy Farmers of America. They discuss preliminary incubation (PI) counts, including what they are, how to troubleshoot them, and what has worked on farm.

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Katie Callero, Dairy Management Specialist, SWNY CCE Ag Team and Kathy Barrett, Cornell PRO-DIARY, interview Dr. Joao Costa, Professor, University of Vermont, on the methods and benefits of extended colostrum feeding for dairy calves.

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Lindsay Ferlito, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Betsy Hicks, CCE SCNY Dairy and Field Crops Team, chat with Tim Terry, Cornell PRO-DAIRY about barn ventilation. They discuss best management practices and industry recommendations for calf barn ventilation, how to troubleshoot ventilation issues, and things to consider when looking to build new or retrofit an existing barn.

Contact info:

Tim Terry, Farm Strategic Planning Specialist, PRO-DAIRY

585-689-9163; [email protected]

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In this episode Daniela Gonzalez form CNY and Margaret Quaassdorff from NWNY interview Jessica Hula-Fredericks and Gina Marocco, from Insight Dairy in Herkimer NY. Farms are prone to different types of accidents and unexpected things, and at the same time, farms need to keep the business going, thats why we had a conversations about how to persevere through high-stress situations.

Mental Health support for farmers: https://www.nyfarmnet.org/

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Lindsay Ferlito, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Kathy Barrett, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, interview Katie Callero, who is the new dairy management specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s SWNY Ag Team. In this episode Katie shares her commitment to supporting farmers and their goals. Katie also describes her research and experiences that fuel her passion for the dairy industry.

Katie Callero contact info: 607-422-6788, [email protected]

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In this episode, Lindsay Ferlito, Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist with Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Betsy Hicks, Dairy Specialist with the CCE South Central NY Dairy and Field Crops Team, talk with Dr. Miel Hostens, Cornell's Robert and Anne Everett Endowed Associate Professor of Digital Dairy Management and Data Analytics and the Director of the Bovi-Analytics Lab. They discuss the use of artificial intelligence on dairies, including current applications today, the use of AI in the future, and things for the industry to consider.

Bovi-Analytics Lab: http://bovi-analytics.com

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In this episode, Kaitlyn Lutz from CCE NWNY team and Daniela Gonzalez from CCE CNY team, discuss with Dr. Erika Ganda from Penn State University, the importance of microbiome in the dairy cow. Dr. Ganda also explains insights from antimicrobial resistance research and what can NY dairies do to manage it.

Research papers mentioned in this episode:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724002092

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030218310646

Click here for more information on Dr. Ganda lab: https://gandalab.org/

In this special release episode, Lindsay Ferlito, Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist with Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Betsy Hicks, Dairy Specialist with the CCE South Central NY Dairy and Field Crops Team, have an exciting discussion with the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Richard Ball. They discuss hot topics in the dairy industry including immigration, local processing capacity, and HPAI, as well as funding opportunities for NYS farmers.

NYS Department of Agriculture resources and information:

https://agriculture.ny.gov/

https://agriculture.ny.gov/funding-opportunities

https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/get-prequalified

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